Applewild students create art for art museum's cats exhibit

FITCHBURG -- Abbey Blauser of Fitchburg was awarded third prize at the Fitchburg Art Museum for the "Famous Cats" exhibit. The show was juried by staff at the museum.

Abbey is a sixth-grader at Applewild School in Fitchburg and her cat sculpture was based on the work of artist Norman Rockwell.

Every year, sixth-graders in Sara Sanford's art classes create works based on famous artists with a different theme each year. This year's theme was cats. Students also wrote a narrative about their artist, including how they worked to show elements of the artist's style in their own creations.

Ethan Hindle, of Ashburnham, earned an honorable mention for his sculpture based on the work of artist Peter Max.

Jolene Lasorsa, of Ashby, also earned an honorable mention for her cat based on the work of artist M.C. Coolidge.

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